Z60.3

Z60.3: Acculturation difficulty

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z60.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acculturation difficulty. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Problem with migration
Problem with social transplantation

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Z60.3 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Acculturation difficulty
Cultural deprivation or shock
Migration, anxiety concerning
Deprivation›cultural
Difficult, difficulty›acculturation
Problem›acculturation
Social›transplantation
Transplant›social
Social›migrant›acculturation difficulty
Maladjustment›social›due to›acculturation difficulty

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.